The goals of the Jobos Bay Reserve education program are:

• Enhance public awareness and understanding of estuarine areas and provide suitable opportunities for public education and interpretation
• Enhance people’s ability and willingness to make informed decisions and take responsible actions that affect coastal communities and ecosystems

The reserve education staff offers workshops about Jobos Bay Estuary, mangroves, seagrasses, and coral reef ecosystems. The reserve also offers field trips on the Jobos Bay Reserve trails where visitors have the opportunity to complete hands on activities and to learn about the dry forest, salt flats, mangroves and other ecosystems. Workshop and guided tour audiences include community groups, elderly, tourists, environmental and/or religious organizations, boy scouts and girl scouts, and undergraduate and graduate students, pre-K through 12th grade students and teachers.

The reserve also supports teacher workshops that utilize the experience of other educators and researchers such as the reserve’s Graduate Research Fellows, the Sea Grant Education Coordinator, and educators from local universities.

The reserve coordinates special activities such as reforestation projects, open houses, and Estuary Day and Coastal and Forest Clean-Up programs. The reserve offers an annual summer camp “Guardians of the Estuary” for 5th and 6th grade students from the community of Aguirre and other areas near the Reserve.

The reserve education staff participates as judges in science fairs, and offer presentations with a traveling exhibit about reserve programs and ecosystems in schools and environmental fairs.